Edit; First, I changed the layout back. Why? Because my darling Stacey noted how horrible the previous looked in IE.

Second, here are photos of the handbags I recently purchased. I bought the black one because of the interior lining - pink leopard print, which is something I have never really liked until now! The camel colored is the one this entry was about, lol. The other is a bag identical to the one that started this “Guess” problem - the woman at East Side Mario’s.

A few days ago my husband gave me the OK to buy a handbag off of ebay. No, I do not have to ask my husband for permission to buy anything but I did want his approval considering the insane number of handbags I have purchased in the last month or so. He said he didn’t mind at all, which I figured but it was nice to get that confirmation. I have never in my life paid more than $80 or so for a handbag and if I have, I really don’t recall it happening. I remember seeing a woman at East Side Mario’s (restaurant here in Calgary) with a cute handbag by Guess. So that’s what I decided to start browsing for. I haven’t decided if I should be embarrassed at how many bags I purchased after that “OK” from my husband, so I won’t disclose that at this time, haha.

So anyway. There I was, my eyes fixated on my monitor - a beautiful camel colored handbag staring back at me. It’s absolutely gorgeous and totally worth the price I paid - another thing I won’t disclose. Hey, my family reads this and I would hate to have to explain how my handbag fetish has tripled since arriving in Calgary. Should I blame it on the altitude? Kidding. I sent a quick message to the seller, whom I’d just purchased another Guess handbag from a few days earlier, though for much, much less. I asked if I could pay the following day if I did a buy it now on it. Normally they require you to pay this immediately and because of how silly Canadian debit cards work (or rather don’t work), when I pay through PayPal with an empty balance (in PayPal) it will run it as an e-check. Those take about a week to clear, which pushes shipping dates back. I was given the OK from the seller to pay the next day, since I knew I had a big payout coming from a couple of places.

Pay day arrives. I log into PayPal and see that I now have sufficient funds to pay for my purchase, so I send my payment. I hadn’t thought about the receipt thing at the time, so the price wasn’t something that bothered me.. then. When Jo got up the next morning, he had a pretty little PayPal receipt sitting in his account. He always reads those because he uses that account for online purchases as well. I looked over as he was laughing and shaking his head like “Tsk, tsk Teresa”, so I asked him what was so funny. “Did you buy anything today?” he asked. “Well yeah, we just got back from the grocery store. I’d say I bought something.” “No, other than that have you bought anything today?” he arched a brow and folded his arms over his chest. “I.. well..” he stopped me right there and said “Well, I know I didn’t buy a Guess handbag so it must’ve been you!”

I was so busted.

I am happy to say I had him change the password to PayPal to something else, something I couldn’t possibly figure out. Even though my own funds are the primary contributor to that PayPal account, it’s time to have a little self control over this handbag situation. This is the best thing I could come up with.

Speaking of handbags. Keep a check on Scribblescratch.com throughout the day tomorrow. I will be announcing the new contest, with the prize being a beautiful handbag by Rebecca Weis (from etsy), sometime in the late afternoon!